um no.. the config of this mod, the array for `ExcludedMissionNames` which turns off this mods features in those missions.

@RustyDios Why are you even interjecting if you have no idea what you're talking about? The mod author himself said that option is only for "sight" activations. It won't stop the Resistance from activating every pod by firing on them.

This pairs great with raider mods!

No, you wouldn’t be able to use that mod with this one as we both are overriding the same class.

I currently use the Dynamic Pod Activation mod and that has AI to AI built in, but it has an option to turn it off. It doesn´t have a way to exclude certain missions like this one.
So can I use this together with DPA with AI to Ai turned of in DPA?

you mean as in the option to turn this off from activating on certain missions.. as in, the big option in the config files for "not on these mission types"... the option that already exists?

i agree with Snicks, if there was an option to disable this mod from having any effect on certain mission types, itd be great. the retaliation missions where ADVENT shoots civilians, but only the leader of the pod actually shoots and the rest hold fire / dont activate, and the pod itself is still inactive, those pods need stay inactivated, even when shooting at civilians, or else the missions is basically impossible, as every member of every pod activates and now theres 3-4 times as many advent taking pot shots at civilians.

I appreciate this, but it seriously needs the ability to disable the resistance triggering Advent pods on haven defense. Especially with modded enemies, they'll kill sometimes 3+ civilians a turn and be activated on turn 1 by militia forces. This is with improved civilians mods to make them less like fodder, but that takes it from an instant loss to a 4 turn loss which isn't feasable if you play with almost anything that makes the game harder.

That just disables activations when an enemy sees an enemy, but they still activate when they shoot each other outside the sight of xcom.

I don't understand why this mod works for haven defense missions when I see the following in the ini:

; Some missions are simply to difficult with AI sight activation enabled, list any here that you want to not cause this activation
; Mission Name excluded from EnableAItoAISeesUnitActivation
+ExcludedMissionNames=ChosenRetaliation ; Haven Defense w/ militia
+ExcludedMissionNames=RM_OperativeEscort ; RM Additional Missions types w/ Militia
+ExcludedMissionNames=HIVETerror ; HIVE Terror mission w/ militia
+ExcludedMissionNames=HIVEFishingTerror ; HIVE Fishing Terror mission w/ militia

I like this mod because it makes factions vs ADVENT possible without breaking concealment... but haven defense missions are impossible. Is there a way to remove civilians/haven survivors from activating the enemy?

Mod needs a way to keep it from ruining some objective missions and making completion impossible. Having Ai to Ai on Haven protection missions for example makes all PODs active sometimes and then they just wreck the civs before you can strategically save them. I've also had them pop VIPs and have VIPs just murdered on round 2. I typically play honestman play thrus so having full missions just be impossible to do sometimes does suck. Other than that I love the mod and seeing the other factions go at it. Not sure a tweek that could help other than some code that stops all the extra pods from going after specific objectives like VIPs, Devices, and Civs.

Big problem this mod can cause is in one of those protect the device missions any enemy pods camping it will already be activated and shooting the device. Usually takes 2 turns if you make all your units sprint there using both moves but then again this does make the mission more dramatic as you know they're already shooting at it making it more urgent for you and your squad to get there in time before it goes boom. Unless of course I am mistaken but since I've downloaded the mod I've had this happen in my 20h of game time.

This is a MUST HAVE if you play with SITREP factions

If you let them ...

seems great but does that mean two parties will kill each other before i can

Great mod! Thank you!

I can confirm it works for everyone besides the lost, advent gets free shots on them without triggering.

It is set to that but for some reason I had a mission where the lost ran right past a enemy pod without activation

@HazTru - Set EnableAItoAISeesUnitActivation = True if it is not already.

How do I make this work for lost ?

Works great, thanks for the realism this mod brings!

Ah. Understood. If you ever get to it, cool. Otherwise, I'll live. Thanks for the mod. It's a great one.

You can't as of now.

How would I configure the Lost to not trigger AI to AI activation? It is indeed the only issue. I've excluded "Gather Survivors" as that is typically Lost ( no idea if this will work).

Anytime.

Quick question, can I add this to a pre-existing campaign or do I have to start a new one?

hah don't get me wrong I still love it and have playing with it for months, but every now and then I'm sitting there like....what am I doin, I feel like I'm watchin a movie haha

@Yhoko - LOL You are right about that. It is possible to make this configurable.

I'm assuming it wouldn't be possible to make a version where this works for everything but lost? I like it for raiders but on any missions with lost as soon as the first trurn starts the entire map agro's and it seems like I gotta go make a sandwich waiting for me turn every time lol

Excellent, thank you RedDobe!

Yes, go under XcomAIActivations.ini under this mod's config folder and add +ExcludedMissionNames=ChosenRetaliation

There must be another mod involved as I cant sprint fast enough to reach those guys before they get killed. Isnt there a way to simply disable this mod for this one mission type?

He makes a few. Advent ai pack, blessing of the elders ai pack, and wrath of the chosen ai pack. Civilians revamped will cut down on the number of civilians killed per turn because they’re a much harder to hit and run away.

"Advent Avenger's AI mods" - what is the exact mod in question here?

Thanks for the recommendation @RedDobe will test it out with the recommended mods. As currently what happens is that the civilians activate the pods on turn 1 and then 5+ of them get killed per turn.

I play with Civilians Revamped and Advent Avenger's AI mods and have very rarely lost one of those missions. Civilians Revamped helps cause the civilians are much harder for advent to hit. Advent avenger has it where they shoot at you first over the civilians, so you have to sprint to the Enemy and take cover.

The only issue I have here is with haven defense missions, where too many alien pods activate at once, stomping all the civilians, making it impossible to win the mission (playing on L/I). Any additional mods or advice would the appreciated.

@airpirata
"this will be incompatible and not necessary with yellow alert gameplay"

Какая совместимость с https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1964595004 , AML пишет конфликт данных модов
What is the compatibility with https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1964595004 , AML writes a conflict of these mods

One issue encountered.
While the sitreps seem to activate perfectly with Advent or other sitreps, they do not seem to activate on Chosens
Chosen and those sitreps will aware of each other and move around each other but do not attack each other until player party activate the chosen

There is an error that causes third-party groups to not take their turn, but this mod is not the cause for it. (I was able to replicate it with just the third-party groups, before using this mod)

@Jweller
According to a comment on LWOTC I read earlier, the mod(LWOTC) has an issue with any modded faction, wherein they won't actually take a turn, only you, allies, lost, and aliens

Unsure if this is verified as completely accurate, but that's what the poster said.

@RedDobe that's odd I've being using the same mods I've always had. the only mod that's new is lwotc and its dependencies. I deleted the config folder in case there's any left over mods trying the game now.

@jweller - Look down below in the comments. I believe there is another mod that cause this problem.

the raider faction didnt move at all after the first activation, it went to alien activity and then back to me instead of giving them a turn.

This is how I expected mods that add 3rd parties to function, thankyou

But is this mod compatible with Evac all WOTC?

Yes it is.

Is this mod compatible with LWOTC and A better Advent WOTC?